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Weekly Quiz: Missing News, Medical Crises, and Misleading Research - How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.
Freeland’s Got the Résumé. Is It Enough to Make Her Prime Minister? - She has built coalitions, brokered trade deals, managed crises. Now comes her toughest test
Weekly Quiz: Missing News, Medical Crises, and Misleading Research - How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.
Freeland’s Got the Résumé. Is It Enough to Make Her Prime Minister? - She has built coalitions, brokered trade deals, managed crises. Now comes her toughest test
First, the Tariffs. Then, the Threats. Then, the Hockey Gloves Came Off - The game that became a proxy war for Canadian sovereignty
How Far Can “Buy Canadian” Really Go? - Boycotts work, but only if they don’t fizzle out
You Can’t Solve the Teacher Shortage by Pretending Anyone Can Do the Job - Teaching is a profession, but it’s being turned into a gig
Trump’s Tariffs May Do the Impossible: Make Quebec Love Canada - Nothing unites the country like a US trade war
Margaret MacMillan is a historian and author. She is emeritus professor of history at the University of Toronto, where she served as provost of Trinity College, and an emeritus professor of international history at Oxford University, where she served as warden of St. Antony’s College. Her most recent book, War: How Conflict Shaped Us, was published by Allen Lane in 2020 and was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize. Margaret and Nathan talk about the current alarming state of international relations, about her drive to write historical works that can be read and understood by non-historians, and about the Canadian short story writer whose biography she would love to write.
In episode four of the series, Timothy Taylor traces his family’s journey from Germany to Ecuador, exploring their successes and persecutions. He examines an 1813 archive record, meets a collector of his great-great-grandfather’s jewelry, and revisits his great-grandparents’ triumphs and tragedies. A visit to Heidelberg, uncovering his great-uncle’s experience of antisemitism, sparks an idea to bring the story full circle.
Every click, swipe, and like we make in online spaces leaves a digital trace that can influence government and shape our ability to participate in political life. In this episode, Elizabeth Dubois—associate professor and University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology at the University of Ottawa—highlights the importance of thinking critically about internet accessibility, data transparency, and digital citizenship. Elizabeth spoke at The Walrus Talks We Desire A Better Country, in Winnipeg, on March 16, 2017.
Freeland’s Got the Résumé. Is It Enough to Make Her Prime Minister? - She has built coalitions, brokered trade deals, managed crises. Now comes her toughest test
First, the Tariffs. Then, the Threats. Then, the Hockey Gloves Came Off - The game that became a proxy war for Canadian sovereignty